Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-17

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An Indignation meeting ID nos being
eai1atE6 b. citizens 20 give oppoEs0nlty
fer . Pablo expression ct ths yTasn
tlsat 70 felt sssKyvhers ovsE sne hl1fn-
skksst deoiMon- The publizhed inter
visws Of yesterday have Precipitased .
peEsouai var between CITY AttornsJ
Carroll and ,. p. Judssn, Esd the las
ter Of whom vas reported yesfefcsy -
saying that Caxroll himself vas toe
agent By which that troable@0ne wosd
''rsaideat' went int tie city shar'eR.
Carroll said 70 the PesT-IsfKLLIaEH
cEB representative yesterday morning;
. You can say fer me that when John 7.
JuAson said that insisted on thai word
ReinR in, be lied and be knew be bed.
John P. Jadson himseif insisted on
tAat word going in where u ID. and ]
protested against It. | told thea that
il would have exsciiy the effect II has
bad. n prevents our improving any 81
the outside and thinly settled streets.
bsoauss the property h not owned By
residents. We have practical demon
ztrafion on both q street and Hakima
avenue. Those streets between Sixth
aud Twelfth are veil settled and
GOULD EE rERnovED
Provided properly signea petition is
all that Is neceaaaFy-but il that vas
done Il would be years before that lonQ
section between Division avenue and
sixth s1Eee1, and fEem Twelfth 10
could be improved.
Yakima avenue h IN precisely the same
shape. The trouble IL that the largest
owner Of city property h the Tasoms
Lane company, WHEN u nos teeioent,
being q Pennsylvani8 corporation. /
saw J. W. Anderson this morning, and
be said be was willing 10 sign for the
company for the Improvement of
streets, bat that it would INST answer
that word resident IL In the way, and Il
is not my work but bluDdeI Of John
p. Juesen's. "As for Judsen telling me
that 10 YES wrong and all that, yo1 can
Just say that never spoke 70 him uPon
the subjeot In any way. have always
held that that 10 an obstruction. Not
only that, bot have always been afraid
Of this constitutional question. and /
vent to General Sprague before he left
for California, and told him that il this
matter vent TO court the city would be
beaten, and ID would be
voRsE THAN KANSAS CYCLONE
For the whole city. do not want 20
see work stopped here. do not sympa-
thizs with the O0uneilmen In their talk
of giving Up the fRht. Ihave my home
here, my b6at interests are conferred
here, and believe In fighting against il
still, bot the fact 10 have had q heap
10 carry since my election 10 this Office.
have always struggled to avoid Law
suita."
"WherelH 10 the language Of the char
ter peculiar above that Of all other
charters as mentioned by Judge HOyt7"
inquired the reporter.
at is very common IN the provisions
fer street Improvements 10 reqaiFe
petitions 70 b signed BY majoFity Of
the resident owners, bat our charter re
Qoires the signatures Of the resident
owners Of more than bali the property.
There's the rub"
"fhe fact ID, continued MIR. Carroll,
'the old charter was the best after ell.
There vas . howl that street assess
ments could not be collected under the
old charter. After was elected to the
Office Of City Attorney looked mp some
old claims against property owners that
had been decided as worthless. said
they we're good and vas authorized to
begin test case. / did. and won, and
have gone on and collected half DOZEN
Of these claims under the old charter.
There was no need Of new charter
an amendme / that authorized the city
20 go ahead and sell property for street
instead Of being compelled
10 bring suit, AZ was required by that
charter, Was all that was necessary, but
We have got 9 new charter now that
allows as to do that when the work 10
done bat prevents rs from doing the
work."
ANNIE wALKKR DYING.
Annie Walker-bronRht into vide no
toFiety of late by the death of Nellie
Flippen at her PLACES dying. 1t Is
thought the shock Of the recent tragedy
has FASTENED her end. They say that
Annie Walker was greatly attached 10
Mollie Flippen, who was always kind to
her. Nellie flippen took Ore while at
tending 10 Annie Walker, and the sick
woman, during the excitement. tried to
get out Of bed to her assistance but was
unable. Had she done so, they say she
would undoubtedly have been b0rned to
death also. When IL was announced
that Mollis was dead. Annie refused 10
believe u until they lifted her Rp and
carried her to the side OF the coffin
where she gazed at the dead face as long
aa they could hold her. ARaia before
the burial she asked 10 be carried to tbs
side Of the coffin, and the request was
granted. Through IL sll, however. she
did NOT shed tear. II was not noticed
that the effect was serious until yestsr-
day morning, when the woman became
RAPIDLY WORSE
And at 3 o'clock was unconscious. She
has not since nor is she expected TO
rally. Annie Lyons was married al the
age Of Is to James walker, 10 year
old boy 10 London, her birthplace. She
had st the age Of IA Travelled over the
United States a. attendant TO q wealthy
EagIiah family. Shortly after the birth
of her first child she was engaged 20
nuFae The intact son Of Lord Bateman
and Lady Oowingten. She served after
wards in the same capacity in the fam
ily Of Sqnire Ames, one Of the wealth.
est men and Of whom It Was said that
he and bis wife were the handsomess
couple in all London.
Annie Walker and her husband came
TO the United States fifteen years aga.
He was q plas,ereF. Ne vas taken sick
shortly after their arrival and was con
fned in bed for years with g loathssme
disease. Ed. Kennedy who gives this
hissory, says he believes be died, bul at
any rate Annie left ProvideBce, X. l..
where they had lived, and went 20 san
Francisco and "opened q house." Ed.
saws " she did Veil'' fer a long time, as
money was plenty. About seven years
ago she vent TO Portland. where she
met him and be has been With her ever
since, With some brief inteflRdes.
Another informant continues the
story: Annie walker came 90 near
marrying "a Kennedy - % cross the
and enter the shSp OF an
East Portland Justice, bent upon hav
ing the knot tied, but there
THE WOMAN BACKED eur.
Said she vsuldn't and vent back home.
They have not lived life Of anlnlsE
ruuted bliss since then. Annie has
made three wills, continues this infoF-
nant. and IL l. reported thae the last